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question and not an economic or budgetary question, the budget can be cut 100 different ways and the defense budget can become 100 different ways, or not at all. this whole element of the conversation has to be retired. there are crises that involve our values but not our interests. there are crises that of all our interest and on our bellies. there are crises that of all of both. obviously, the ones they're involved our interests are the easy ones. there are some challenges that to not seem to involve our interests very much, but we do bring our values and to a question. the classic example would be rwanda. circassia given the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis there -- syria, given the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis there, there is no greater blow that could be dealt to iran than the fall of the assad regime. if one wants to be a cold hearted realist and criticize all the public and moral considerations that people like me like to develop, there is no question that from a cold strategic standpoint, our interest requires us to do what ever we can. what i said what ever we can -- her
question and not an economic or budgetary question, the budget can be cut 100 different ways and the defense budget can become 100 different ways, or not at all. this whole element of the conversation has to be retired. there are crises that involve our values but not our interests. there are crises that of all our interest and on our bellies. there are crises that of all of both. obviously, the ones they're involved our interests are the easy ones. there are some challenges that to not seem to...
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while republicans say self defense may require more. >> one bullet in the hand of a mentally unstable person or a convicted felon is one too many. six bullets in the hands of a mother protecting her twin 9-year-olds may not be enough. >> reporter: today, in an interview with tele fine dough, president obama said new restrictions could make a difference. >> even if it doesn't save every person who is a potential victim of gun violence. we save a few. if we don't do that, shame on us. >> reporter: and the president goes on the road to minnesota monday to sell his own reforms. and many republicans and members of the nra are saying prosecutors today need to do more to enforce the laws that are already on the books. brian? >> kelly o'donnell, after a big day on the hill. kelly, thanks. >>> there are fewer places in this country with tougher gun laws than the city of chicago. there are no gun stores in the city, and yet nowhere in this country is the problem of gun violence more dramatic than in the president's hometown. there were a staggering 506 murders in chicago last year. most of them
while republicans say self defense may require more. >> one bullet in the hand of a mentally unstable person or a convicted felon is one too many. six bullets in the hands of a mother protecting her twin 9-year-olds may not be enough. >> reporter: today, in an interview with tele fine dough, president obama said new restrictions could make a difference. >> even if it doesn't save every person who is a potential victim of gun violence. we save a few. if we don't do that, shame...
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that crisis is high on the agenda of the next defense secretary. chuck hagel was asked about it during questioning about his job. there was questioning by john mccain about the surge in iraq. >> or you correct or incorrect when you say it -- when you said that the search would be the most dangerous foreign-policy disaster sense the non? the question is right or wrong. i would like the answer of whether you are right or wrong and then you are free to elaborate. >> i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> let the record show that you refused to answer the question. >> if you would like me to explain, -- >> i actually would like an answer. >> what else did we learn from today's hearing a short time ago? he did not do the best job of defending himself. >> no, it was a fractious hearing and pointless. he referred to the government of iran as legitimately elected. he apologized for saying that israel had arranged a slaughter of its enemies. he was defending his views on iran. on israel, they think he is not friendly enough. in the end, i don't th
that crisis is high on the agenda of the next defense secretary. chuck hagel was asked about it during questioning about his job. there was questioning by john mccain about the surge in iraq. >> or you correct or incorrect when you say it -- when you said that the search would be the most dangerous foreign-policy disaster sense the non? the question is right or wrong. i would like the answer of whether you are right or wrong and then you are free to elaborate. >> i'm not going to...
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ravens were known for that defense. now they have become very offensive minded as well. when you seen flacco improve over the last five years, he takes a lot of flak as well. what is it about him that you have been impressed with this season and his career so far? >> under that kind of criticism because when you do it on a team that has been as good as they have been, ultimately that focus is going to come back to you, even though as evidence by last year's championship game, it certainly wasn't joe flacco that kept them out of the super bowl, but that criticism comes until you get there. now he's there. and that should remove a little bit of that burden of credentials for him. >> now you coached ray. it is his final game. what has he done to change the game of football? >> well, he defined the position going forward in terms of versatility, the pass, and commitment you need. i'm not one for putting labels on players at this position or that. but when you talk about the greatest defensive players of all time, if you don't include ray lewis in the discussion, then you are
ravens were known for that defense. now they have become very offensive minded as well. when you seen flacco improve over the last five years, he takes a lot of flak as well. what is it about him that you have been impressed with this season and his career so far? >> under that kind of criticism because when you do it on a team that has been as good as they have been, ultimately that focus is going to come back to you, even though as evidence by last year's championship game, it certainly...
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the defense minister of israel spoke of the imminent fall of bashar al-assad, and gave his response to reports that israeli jets bombed targets inside syria. >> i cannot say anything about what happened in syria several days ago, but they keep telling us that frankly that we said when we face some think we need it, we say we don't think they should be allowed to bring advanced weapons systems into lebanon on. >> the iranian foreign minister said he held face-to-face talks with syrian opposition on saturday. about the number of one-on-one meetings with key players including u.s. vice president, joe biden. the syrian opposition leader also said that with the russian foreign minister and was invited to moscow for four -- for further talks. it's being seen as representing the faintest sign of progress toward easing the civil war. there appears to be progress on the iranian nuclear issue but buried responding to joe biden pasquale to return to negotiation, is run said it had no red line and was willing to talk. >> if we are willing for negotiation, we have to make sure this time, and this i
the defense minister of israel spoke of the imminent fall of bashar al-assad, and gave his response to reports that israeli jets bombed targets inside syria. >> i cannot say anything about what happened in syria several days ago, but they keep telling us that frankly that we said when we face some think we need it, we say we don't think they should be allowed to bring advanced weapons systems into lebanon on. >> the iranian foreign minister said he held face-to-face talks with...
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that does come from the israeli defense minister it would be rock and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of actually a third israel's involvement now u.s. officials have said that the strike targeted an arms convoy that was carrying anti aircraft weapons from syria to lebanon according to the israeli defense minister ehud barak he said that we do not think and i'm quoting that syria should be allowed to bring advanced weapons systems into lebanon that it is important to make the point that his comments does not constitute acknowledgement of israel's involvement in the strike but it certainly does suggest the possibility that it took place and it was responsible for it but also said that the syrian president bashar assad's fall is imminent and that it would serve as a major blow to his villa and iran need to look at this israeli strategy and it's a strategy that israel has employed in the past and that is namely a strategy of silence it is strategic it doesn't give any kind of confirmation or any kind of denial of what israel has
that does come from the israeli defense minister it would be rock and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of actually a third israel's involvement now u.s. officials have said that the strike targeted an arms convoy that was carrying anti aircraft weapons from syria to lebanon according to the israeli defense minister ehud barak he said that we do not think and i'm quoting that syria should be allowed to bring advanced weapons systems...
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cuts for the defense contractors and they're very worried about that. it won't be good for the comply but now that they've settled the tax question it may not be all that bad. gwen: have they settled by delaying this debt limit deadline -- have they settled that or -- >> march 1 the spending cuts hit. march 27 the government's authority to operate runs out and then the debt ceiling is hit again on may 19 or something. i think that the republicans appear to have decided they don't want to have a fight over the debt ceiling so having -- that's pretty clever -- they didn't raise the debt ceiling, they suspended it for a couple of months. i think they're signaling they want to have a fight over spending and they don't see the debt ceiling as a good lever. gwen: boy, it feels like we're going to be talking about this more. you made it very clear. i like that. it has become an article of faith in washington that common ground is the capital's most valuable and elusive real estate so it was remarkable to watch four democrats and four republicans announce that
cuts for the defense contractors and they're very worried about that. it won't be good for the comply but now that they've settled the tax question it may not be all that bad. gwen: have they settled by delaying this debt limit deadline -- have they settled that or -- >> march 1 the spending cuts hit. march 27 the government's authority to operate runs out and then the debt ceiling is hit again on may 19 or something. i think that the republicans appear to have decided they don't want to...
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channels saying what a terrible defense secretary chuck hagel would be also our december and much of january they've been running these ads you know between commercials of beauty products prescription drugs and what so somewhere between those you could catch attack ads like this one secretary of defense chuck hagel president obama says he supports sanctions on iran he voted against the legal voted against labeling iran's revolutionary guard a terrorist group and while president obama says all options are on the table for preventing a nuclear iran bagel says military action is not a viable feasible responsible option president obama or secretary of defense chuck hagel is not responsible option. that ad was sponsored by the emergency committee for israel so what that truck will do to deserve that as a u.s. senator chuck hagel has been critical of israel's policies he's been critical of the israeli lobby in washington here's what he said the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i've always argued against some of the dumb things they do because i
channels saying what a terrible defense secretary chuck hagel would be also our december and much of january they've been running these ads you know between commercials of beauty products prescription drugs and what so somewhere between those you could catch attack ads like this one secretary of defense chuck hagel president obama says he supports sanctions on iran he voted against the legal voted against labeling iran's revolutionary guard a terrorist group and while president obama says all...
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also, they sent one of their missile defense systems to a northern city. there has been an increase in the rhetoric from the israeli side in terms of the conflict in syria and concerns about how it could spill over into the border of israel. >> thanks to nicole johnson from jerusalem. elsewhere in syria, there has been renewed violence in several areas. an area has been shelled. this video appears to show an air strike. the u.n. says donors have helped them raise more than $1.5 million for refugees. 100,000 people have already fled the violence in syria. the number could reach more than 1 million by june. there is also concerned about 2 million syrians who have been internally displaced by the conflict. i moon called the situation in syria a catastrophe that is growing by the day. a figure stands at 700,000. an ambitious target of $1.50 billion, a figure that is a surprise to some u.s. officials that it was met. >> to be able to provide to syrian refugees better protection, that your assistance in relation to shelter, food, health. >> the $1.50 billion the
also, they sent one of their missile defense systems to a northern city. there has been an increase in the rhetoric from the israeli side in terms of the conflict in syria and concerns about how it could spill over into the border of israel. >> thanks to nicole johnson from jerusalem. elsewhere in syria, there has been renewed violence in several areas. an area has been shelled. this video appears to show an air strike. the u.n. says donors have helped them raise more than $1.5 million...
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the president's nominee to be the next secretary of defense. he is expected to offer his views on the big deep budget cuts facing the pentagon. they're unable to avoid sequestration. on iran, the senator told congress in written remarks he would be prepared to strike that country if necessary but stressed the need to be cautious and certain when considering the use of force. bipartisan joe biden yesterday defended hagel and john kerry from critics who say they're concerned the president's new national security team would be hesitant to act. >> to suggest that two war heroes wearing the bronze star, purple heart, silver star taking over both the -- excuse me, state department and defense is a -- whatever the phrase was, is ridiculous. >> to be sure to join us on msnbc. we'll have live coverage of hagel's confirmation hearing following "morning joe." he can only hope his hearing goes as smoothly as john kerry's who nomination as the next secretary of state sailed through the senate. the long time lawmaker strugled to hold back emotions as he said
the president's nominee to be the next secretary of defense. he is expected to offer his views on the big deep budget cuts facing the pentagon. they're unable to avoid sequestration. on iran, the senator told congress in written remarks he would be prepared to strike that country if necessary but stressed the need to be cautious and certain when considering the use of force. bipartisan joe biden yesterday defended hagel and john kerry from critics who say they're concerned the president's new...
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that does come from the israeli defense minister a good bloke and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of actually a third being israel's involvement now u.s. officials have said that the strike targeted an arms convoy that was carrying anti aircraft weapons from syria to lebanon according to the israeli defense minister ehud barak he said that we do not think and i'm quoting that syria should be allowed to bring advanced weapons systems into lebanon and it is important to make the point that his comments does not constitute acknowledgment of israel's involvement in the strike but it certainly does suggest the possibility that it took place and it was responsible for it but also said that the syrian president bashar assad's fall is imminent and that it would serve as a major blow to his villa and iran need to look at this israeli strategy and it's a strategy that israel has employed in the past and that is namely a strategy of silence it is strategic it doesn't give any kind of confirmation or any kind of denial of what israel has d
that does come from the israeli defense minister a good bloke and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of actually a third being israel's involvement now u.s. officials have said that the strike targeted an arms convoy that was carrying anti aircraft weapons from syria to lebanon according to the israeli defense minister ehud barak he said that we do not think and i'm quoting that syria should be allowed to bring advanced weapons systems...
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channels saying what a terrible defense secretary chuck hagel would be all who are december and much of january they've been running these ads you know between commercials of beauty products prescription drugs and what so somewhere between those you could catch attack ads like this one secretary of defense chuck hagel president obama says he supports sanctions on iran he voted against the legal voted against labeling iran's revolutionary guard a terrorist group and while president obama says all options are on the table for preventing a nuclear iran cagle says military action is not a viable usable responsible option president obama or secretary of defense chuck hagel is not responsible option. that ad was sponsored by the emergency committee for israel so what that truck a will do to deserve that as a u.s. senator chuck hagel has been critical of israel's policies he's been critical of the israeli lobby in washington here's what he said the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i've always argued against some of the dumb things they do becaus
channels saying what a terrible defense secretary chuck hagel would be all who are december and much of january they've been running these ads you know between commercials of beauty products prescription drugs and what so somewhere between those you could catch attack ads like this one secretary of defense chuck hagel president obama says he supports sanctions on iran he voted against the legal voted against labeling iran's revolutionary guard a terrorist group and while president obama says...
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he will be he will be at the defense department doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war he could potentially try to keep you know it's out of another war without being able to either to offer a vision for another way to deal with this challenge. all we've got more analysis and lines i had to call him to see the blog of our very own military analysts to see what else should be. expected from chuck hagel if he becomes america's next defense chief. more clashes have broken out in athens with police using tear gas to disperse protesters who have broken into the greek labor minister's office demonstrators were planning their anger over fresh way and pension cuts all part of the government's austerity drive lord george cukor goes says this kind of crackdown on protesters is part of a new approach. the government has decided to follow up one of the c. of zero tolerance as it sais i guess the that is distance to your state emissions so we've got a scheme to the government to take in medic
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and obama's pick for defense secretary goes before the surge as confirmation hearing starts with local protests already coming from the israeli lobby. is eight pm here in moscow you live with us on our t.v. with me to bomb would say it's good to have you company syria says it may take action against israel after its fighter jets reportedly violated to syria's sovan team and bombed a military research conference close to damascus meanwhile diplomats in syria are friendly iran says the attacks whole significant implications for israel artie's policy is in tel aviv with more details. now we are hearing from syria that israel did launch a military strike inside their country israel has not commented neither confirming nor denying these reports the syrian ambassador to lebanon did say that it was not clear when ever tell you would happen and that it was up to the powers that be to decide on such decisive action but he did say that it was an option and that it was and would be a surprise now the iranian deputy foreign minister has also stated that this israeli attack has serious implications
and obama's pick for defense secretary goes before the surge as confirmation hearing starts with local protests already coming from the israeli lobby. is eight pm here in moscow you live with us on our t.v. with me to bomb would say it's good to have you company syria says it may take action against israel after its fighter jets reportedly violated to syria's sovan team and bombed a military research conference close to damascus meanwhile diplomats in syria are friendly iran says the attacks...
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senate prepares to decide whether chuck hagel will become the new defense secretary will look at why to be the most controversial pentagon chief and recent years. the british government raises twice as many taxes as a cut as a new study shows how shelling out billions of revenues from people's pockets. it is not i am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program. now as french and malian forces make more gains in the battle against islamist rebels in the african country concerns are growing over how the conflict is being fought human rights groups and upin and activists are raising the alarm over the information blackout of the number of civilian casualties during the french led intervention and the western backed troops are now being increasingly accused of war crimes now in the towns liberated by the french army there is also a growing sense of revenge the food filmed by an amateur cameraman apparently shows a mob attacking and mutilating the corpse of a young man whom the crowd suspects of lengths to islamist local reporter gonzalo wants t
senate prepares to decide whether chuck hagel will become the new defense secretary will look at why to be the most controversial pentagon chief and recent years. the british government raises twice as many taxes as a cut as a new study shows how shelling out billions of revenues from people's pockets. it is not i am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program. now as french and malian forces make more gains in the battle against islamist rebels in...
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and obama's pick for defense secretary goes before the senate ahead of a potentially heated confirmation hearing for the vocal protests coming from the israeli valby. live from our studios in moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now why our top story this hour syria says it may take action against israel after its fighter jets reportedly finally did serious sovereignty involves a military research complex close to damascus meanwhile diplomats in the wrong say that the alleged attack hold significant implications for israel let's get more details on this margin call us leader in television she joins us live paula what exactly have officials both in damascus and tehran said does it look like full scale combat action is just around the corner here. well it certainly is looking that way increasingly what we are hearing is that syria and iran are threatening a retaliate action against israel if indeed these attacks prove true now we are hearing from syria that israel did launch a military strike inside that country israel has not commented neither confirming nor denying these report
and obama's pick for defense secretary goes before the senate ahead of a potentially heated confirmation hearing for the vocal protests coming from the israeli valby. live from our studios in moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now why our top story this hour syria says it may take action against israel after its fighter jets reportedly finally did serious sovereignty involves a military research complex close to damascus meanwhile diplomats in the wrong say that the alleged attack...
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and obama's pick for defense secretary goes before the senate as a confirmation hearing starts with vocal protests already coming from the israeli lobby. that one i'll get to in the british taxpayers cry fall amid revelations of bad dog duty hikes with a complicating what some say is an already bloated tax system. you're watching r t a y from moscow with me to bomb would say it's good to have you with us syria says it may take action against israel after his fighter jets reportedly violated syria's sovan t. and bombed a military research complex christian damascus meanwhile diplomats in syria's friendly iran say that. the attack whole significant implications for israel arches policy is in tel aviv with more details now we are hearing from syria that israel did launch a military strike inside their country israel has not commented neither confirming nor denying these reports the syrian ambassador to lebanon did say that it was not clear when ever tell you would happen and that it was up to the powers that be to decide on such decisive action but he did say that it was an option and that i
and obama's pick for defense secretary goes before the senate as a confirmation hearing starts with vocal protests already coming from the israeli lobby. that one i'll get to in the british taxpayers cry fall amid revelations of bad dog duty hikes with a complicating what some say is an already bloated tax system. you're watching r t a y from moscow with me to bomb would say it's good to have you with us syria says it may take action against israel after his fighter jets reportedly violated...
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and obama's pick for defense secretary goes before the senate ahead of a potentially heated confirmation hearing for the vocal protests coming from the israeli valby. live from our studios in moscow you're watching archie with me and he said now our top story this hour syria says it may take action against israel after its fighter jets reportedly finally did syria's sovereignty and bombs a military research complex close to damascus meanwhile diplomats in the wrong say that the alleged attack hold significant implications for israel let's get more details on this margin call us leader in television she joins us live paula what exactly have officials both in damascus and tehran said does it look like full scale combat action is just around the corner here. but it certainly is looking that way in. certainly what we are hearing is that syria and iran are threatening if we tell you action against israel if indeed these attacks prove true now we are hearing from syria that israel did launch a military strike inside their country israel has not commented neither confirming nor denying these re
and obama's pick for defense secretary goes before the senate ahead of a potentially heated confirmation hearing for the vocal protests coming from the israeli valby. live from our studios in moscow you're watching archie with me and he said now our top story this hour syria says it may take action against israel after its fighter jets reportedly finally did syria's sovereignty and bombs a military research complex close to damascus meanwhile diplomats in the wrong say that the alleged attack...
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senator joe lieberman's pick for defense secretary goes before lawmakers as a confirmation starts with a vocal protests already coming from the israeli lobby that still aids. thirty his own government's warnings to the winch british prime minister david cameron has touched on in tripoli for surprise visit he promised to stand by libya as it rebuilds even as his own foreign office warned britons of going through true threat as to its embassies they aim to end reform has more on what the pm hopes to achieve. did arrive initially very tight security and then he stressed that he wanted britain to try and beef up security in libya and try and help it improve its own economy there's no doubting that things have deteriorated in this country since twenty eleven when mr cameron last made his visit here just starve to the overthrow of colonel gadhafi the new libyan government is struggling with a lack of resources it's also struggling to its authority over militias and on top of this recently the british government admitted that there was a threat to its own embassy in tripoli and that it had ad
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the israeli defense minister has today hinted for the first time that his country was behind this week's attack on syria talking at a munich security conference suggested. nations warplanes targeted a syrian arms convoy headed for lebanon let's get more now from. joining us live from tel aviv here and up paula good to see today and thanks for coming on so quickly we've heard the comments from the head barak and now we're just hearing straight from syrian t.v. that president bashar al assad is saying that israel is trying to destabilize his country what do you know. well as you say this is the first public comment from an israeli official over the israeli strike into syrian territory last week it does come from the israeli defense minister. and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of actually a third being israel's involvement now u.s. officials have said that the strike targeted an arms convoy that was carrying anti aircraft weapons from syria to lebanon according to the israeli defense minister ehud barak he said that we do not thi
the israeli defense minister has today hinted for the first time that his country was behind this week's attack on syria talking at a munich security conference suggested. nations warplanes targeted a syrian arms convoy headed for lebanon let's get more now from. joining us live from tel aviv here and up paula good to see today and thanks for coming on so quickly we've heard the comments from the head barak and now we're just hearing straight from syrian t.v. that president bashar al assad is...
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senate says obama's secretary of defense nominee has made an apparent your turn the same that military action against iran is on the table that's still ahead. r.t. has managed to get exclusive footage of what's believed to be atrocities committed by the mali an army and a time liberated from islamist rebels with the help of french forces any information on civilian casualties in mali has been know to release gas we spoke to a local journalist gonzalo one who told us all the regions of the disturbing tape as we continue moving north and find reports of extrajudicial killings and evidence of crimes we have heard of the murder of a few citizens by mali and soldiers in the town of sadr not only did they kill them they shove their bodies into the drinking water well ok to be in the center of the town making the rest of the population watch rules or hearing of cases where people are being prosecuted for trying to earn a living under the rule of militants sixteen year old adama says he was unknowingly employed as a cook and butler by jihadists who is now being accused of terrorism. after i st
senate says obama's secretary of defense nominee has made an apparent your turn the same that military action against iran is on the table that's still ahead. r.t. has managed to get exclusive footage of what's believed to be atrocities committed by the mali an army and a time liberated from islamist rebels with the help of french forces any information on civilian casualties in mali has been know to release gas we spoke to a local journalist gonzalo one who told us all the regions of the...
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political john kerry is the new secretary of state with chuck hagel expected to get the post of defense secretary but neither appointment is expected to change much in america's foreign policy. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on t.v. the syrian president bashar assad says he is able to confront any aggression aimed against his nation he also says israel is trying to destabilize the country that's off the comments made by the israeli defense minister today hinting for the first time that his forces were behind this week's attack on its northern neighbor. has the details. it does come from the israeli defense minister it would be iraq and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of actually affirming israel's involvement now u.s. officials have said that the strike targeted an arms convoy that was carrying anti aircraft weapons from syria to lebanon according to the israeli defense minister ehud barak he said that we do not think and i'm quoting that syria should be
political john kerry is the new secretary of state with chuck hagel expected to get the post of defense secretary but neither appointment is expected to change much in america's foreign policy. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on t.v. the syrian president bashar assad says he is able to confront any aggression aimed against his nation he also says israel is trying to destabilize the country that's off the comments made by...
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senate prepares to decide on whether chuck hagel will become the new defense secretary will look at why to be the most controversial pentagon chief in recent years. the british government's raises twice as many taxes as a cut as a new study shows how a shelling out billions in revenues from people's pockets. is not am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina josh welcome to the program. now as french and malian forces make more gains in the battle against islamist rebels in the african country concerns are growing over how the conflict is being fought human rights groups and a pan and activists are raising the alarm over the information blackout on the number of civilian casualties during the french led intervention and the western backed troops are now being increasingly accused of war crimes now in the towns liberated by the french army there is also a growing sense of revenge the food filmed by an amateur cameraman apparently shows a mob attacking and mutilating the corpse of a young man whom the crowd suspects of links to islamist local reporter told r.t. about atro
senate prepares to decide on whether chuck hagel will become the new defense secretary will look at why to be the most controversial pentagon chief in recent years. the british government's raises twice as many taxes as a cut as a new study shows how a shelling out billions in revenues from people's pockets. is not am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina josh welcome to the program. now as french and malian forces make more gains in the battle against islamist rebels in the...
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and obama's pick for defense secretary goes before the senate as a confirmation hearing starts with vocal protest already coming from the israeli lobby. it's seven pm here in moscow this is our chief coming to you live on many sonali with our top story this hour and syria says it may take action against israel after its fighter jets reportedly violated syria saw frontier and bombed a military research complex close to damascus meanwhile diplomats in syria from the wrong say that the attack holds significant implications for israel paul the slayer is in tel aviv with details. we are hearing from syria that israel did launch a military strike inside their country israel has not commented neither confirming nor denying these reports the syrian ambassador to lebanon did say that it was not clear when ever tell you would happen and that it was up to the powers that be to decide on such decisive action but he did say that it was an option and that it was and would be a surprise now the iranian deputy foreign minister has also stated that this israeli attack has serious implications for the isra
and obama's pick for defense secretary goes before the senate as a confirmation hearing starts with vocal protest already coming from the israeli lobby. it's seven pm here in moscow this is our chief coming to you live on many sonali with our top story this hour and syria says it may take action against israel after its fighter jets reportedly violated syria saw frontier and bombed a military research complex close to damascus meanwhile diplomats in syria from the wrong say that the attack...
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and obama's pick for defense secretary goes before the senate has a confirmation hearing starts with vocal protests already coming from the israeli lobby. that swan algae in the british taxpayers cry fall amid revelations of bad dog. further complicating what some say is an already bloated tax system. you're watching r t a y from moscow with me to them and say it's good to have you with us. syria says it may take action against israel after its fighter jets reportedly violated syria's sovan t. and bombed a military research complex close to damascus meanwhile diplomats in syria's friendly iran say that the attack whole significant implications for israel arches policy is in tel aviv with more details now we are hearing from syria that israel did launch a military strike inside that country israel has not commented neither confirming nor denying these reports the syrian ambassador to lebanon did say that it was not clear where ever telling a three act would happen and that it was up to the powers that be to decide on such decisive action but he did say that it was an option and that i
and obama's pick for defense secretary goes before the senate has a confirmation hearing starts with vocal protests already coming from the israeli lobby. that swan algae in the british taxpayers cry fall amid revelations of bad dog. further complicating what some say is an already bloated tax system. you're watching r t a y from moscow with me to them and say it's good to have you with us. syria says it may take action against israel after its fighter jets reportedly violated syria's sovan t....
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republican senator chuck hagel faced a barrage of combative questions at his confirmation hearing as defense secretary. the toughest questions came from senator john mccain. >> will you please answer the question? were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no. >> my reference to -- >> are you going to answer the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straight forward question. >> well, do you think senator hagel is qualified to take the top post at the pentagon? why or why not? tell us what you think on the "nightline" facebook page, or you can tweet us. thanks for watching abc news. "good morning america" will be here waiting for you in the morning with the latest on the buildup to super bowl sunday. we're always online at abcnews.com. good night, america.
republican senator chuck hagel faced a barrage of combative questions at his confirmation hearing as defense secretary. the toughest questions came from senator john mccain. >> will you please answer the question? were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no. >> my reference to -- >> are you going to answer the question, senator hagel? the...
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syria's official version is that the jets struck a defense research installation northwest of damascus, destroying the building and killing two workers. but earlier reports from diplomats, security officials, and syrian rebels said there was an attack, but the target was a convoy of arms destined for hezbollah militants across the border in lebanon. lebanon it has confirmed intensive israeli over strikes in recent days, but officials insist that no attack took place in their territory. israel has only intervene once before, in november, shelling a target in the golan heights. just a few days before the airstrike into syria, israel moved some of its missile defense batteries to the north. it has reflected rising concern that if the syrian regime is collapsing, they could transfer missiles and even chemical weapons to its hezbollah allies in lebanon. >> syria is disintegrating. nobody knows what will happen next. they have a huge mass of unconventional weapons. it is happening right on our borders. we are taking action on a daily basis to reduce the immediate threat and increase our abil
syria's official version is that the jets struck a defense research installation northwest of damascus, destroying the building and killing two workers. but earlier reports from diplomats, security officials, and syrian rebels said there was an attack, but the target was a convoy of arms destined for hezbollah militants across the border in lebanon. lebanon it has confirmed intensive israeli over strikes in recent days, but officials insist that no attack took place in their territory. israel...
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the israeli defense minister today for the first time that his country was behind this week's attack on syria. security. suggested his nation's warplanes. let's get more now. joining us live from. d.c. today and thanks for coming on so quickly we thought the comments from iraq and now we're just hearing straight from syrian t.v. the president bashar al assad is saying that israel is trying to destabilize his country what do you. well as you say this is the first public comment from an israeli official over the israeli strike into syrian territory last week it does come from the israeli defense minister. and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of actually a third israel's involvement now u.s. officials have said that the strike targeted an arms convoy that was carrying anti aircraft weapons from syria to lebanon according to the israeli defense minister ehud barak he said that we do not think and i'm quoting that syria should be allowed to bring advanced weapons systems into lebanon and it is important to make the point that his
the israeli defense minister today for the first time that his country was behind this week's attack on syria. security. suggested his nation's warplanes. let's get more now. joining us live from. d.c. today and thanks for coming on so quickly we thought the comments from iraq and now we're just hearing straight from syrian t.v. the president bashar al assad is saying that israel is trying to destabilize his country what do you. well as you say this is the first public comment from an israeli...
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president barack obama's pick for the country's next defense secretary has gone out of his way to persuade the senate he's the right man for the jump when attacked from his previous use and statements at the confirmation hearing chuck hagel made it clear he will act in accordance with white house policies his candidacy is approved or he's going to listen to the session which brought some heated discussion but little hope of change. chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting hearing considering the senators were asking almost the same questions and roughly eighty percent of them had to do with chuck hagel previous statements on israel and ira
president barack obama's pick for the country's next defense secretary has gone out of his way to persuade the senate he's the right man for the jump when attacked from his previous use and statements at the confirmation hearing chuck hagel made it clear he will act in accordance with white house policies his candidacy is approved or he's going to listen to the session which brought some heated discussion but little hope of change. chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are...
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their defense strategy is not premised on the u.s. coming to their aid in time of need, which is a good thing since we're not going to. lori: thank you for your time. >> thank you. lori: up next, a soft-drink tighten coca-cola making beer enemies than just new york nanny mayor mike bloomberg. he will play the and this part to controversy. democratic controlled senate must be brimming with confidence that it can pass a budget for the first time in four years. fox news the chief political fox news the chief political correspondent carl c officemax knows... fox news the chief political correspondent carl c ...tax time can be...well...taxing. so right now we'll give you... ...$10 off any turbo tax deluxe level software or higher! find thousands of big deals now... ...at officemax. olaf gets great rewards for his small business! pizza! [ garth ] olaf's small busins earns 2% cash back on every purchase, ery day! helium delivery. put it on my spark card! [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve great rewards! awesome!
their defense strategy is not premised on the u.s. coming to their aid in time of need, which is a good thing since we're not going to. lori: thank you for your time. >> thank you. lori: up next, a soft-drink tighten coca-cola making beer enemies than just new york nanny mayor mike bloomberg. he will play the and this part to controversy. democratic controlled senate must be brimming with confidence that it can pass a budget for the first time in four years. fox news the chief political...
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president barack obama's pick for the country's next defense secretary has gone out of his way to persuade the senate he's the right man for the job when attacked for his previous use and statements at the confirmation hearing chuck hagel made it clear he will act in accordance with white house policies if his candidacy is approved are going to listen to the session which brought some heated discussion but little hope of change. chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting hearing considering the senators were asking almost the same questions and roughly eighty percent of them had to do with chuck hagel previous statements on israel and iran t
president barack obama's pick for the country's next defense secretary has gone out of his way to persuade the senate he's the right man for the job when attacked for his previous use and statements at the confirmation hearing chuck hagel made it clear he will act in accordance with white house policies if his candidacy is approved are going to listen to the session which brought some heated discussion but little hope of change. chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are...